Divine Mercy - Stations of the Cross with Father Jason

[Music] welcome to today's celebration and following along of the Stations of the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ as we continue to follow him on the path of his eventual crucifixion and resurrection and the redemption he offers us in salvation through this very holy time and as we approach this Palm Sunday in the beginning of the holiest of weeks we take another look at this powerful mercy that we receive from the cross of the Lord this particular time we're going to review the Stations as they are traditionally done with a reflection from Saint Faustina st. Faustina lived in Poland many of you may be aware of her and she had a very deep devotion to our Lord's divine mercy it's a very impressive way with which to pray and look at the Lord she developed this in prayer as she was developing her life in her monastery or in her convent rather and there was times with which she was visited upon by the Lord Jesus and she developed a diary with which there's some dialogue between her and the Lord and we're gonna be taking a look at that as we follow along this path of the Stations today I'll be reading from her diary and some of the discourses that happened between her and the Lord as she recorded and that the church finds to be very beneficial to the development of our souls and this blessed gift of the Lord's everlasting and divine mercy well let's begin as we do all things in the name of the Father and of the son of the Holy Spirit amen the first station Jesus is condemned to death we adore you O Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says to Saint Faustina do not be surprised that you were sometimes unjustly accused I myself first drank this cup of undeserved suffering for the love of you when I was before Herod I obtained a grace for you namely that you would be able to rise above human scorn and follow faithfully in my footsteps she says we are sensitive to words and quickly want to answer back without taking any regard as to whether it is God's will that we should speak silent soul is strong adversities will harm it that preserves in silence the silent soul is capable of attaining the closest union with God for the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world amen the second station Jesus takes up his cross we adore you O Christ and we praise you those by your holy cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says do not be afraid of sufferings I am with you the more you will come to love suffering the purer your love for me will be st. Faustina said Jesus I thank you for the little daily crosses for opposition to my endeavors for the hardships of life with a misinterpretation my intentions for humiliation at the hands of others for the harsh way in which we are treated for false suspicions for poor health and loss of strength for self-denial we're dying to myself for lack of recognition and everything and for the upsetting of all my plans sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the third station Jesus Falls for the first time we adore you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says my daughter right that involuntary offences of souls do not hinder my love for them or prevent me from uniting myself with them but voluntary offences even the smallest obstruct my Grace's and I cannot lavish my gifts on such Souls Saint Faustina Oh My Jesus how prone I am to evil and this forces me to be constantly vigilant but I do not lose heart I trust in God's grace which abounds the worst misery sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the fourth station Jesus meets his mother we adore you O Christ and we praise you goes by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world he says listen although the works that come into being by my will are exposed to great sufferings consider whether any of them has been subject to greater difficulties than that work which is directly mine work of redemption should not worry too much about adversities st. Faustina says I saw the Blessed Virgin she held me closely to herself and said to me be courageous do not fear apparent obstacles but fix your gaze upon the passion of my son and in this way you will be victorious for the sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the fifth station Simon helps Jesus carry his cross we adore you O Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says I permit adversities in order to increase merit I do not reward for good results but for the patience and hardship undergone for my sake Saint Faustina Oh My Jesus you do not give a reward for the successful performance of a work but for the good will and labor undertaken therefore I am completely at peace even if all my undertakings and efforts should be thwarted or should come to naught if I do all that is in my power the rest is not my business sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the fifth station verónica wipes the face of Jesus door you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says know that whatever good you do to any soul I accept it as if you had done it to me st. Faustina I am learning how to be good from Jesus from him who is goodness itself so that I may be called a daughter of the heavenly Father great love can change small things into great ones and it is only love which leads and gives value to our actions the sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the seventh station Jesus Falls for the second time we adore you O Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says the cause of your Falls is that you rely too much upon yourself and too little on me about special help from me you are not capable of accepting my graces st. Faustina Jesus do not leave me alone you know Lord how when we got in I'm an abyss of wretchedness and nothingness Excel so what will be so strange if you leave me alone and I fall so you Jesus must stand by constant like a mother by a helpless child and even more so the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world the 8th station Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem I adore you O Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed to the world Jesus says oh how pleasing to me is living faith I desire that you would all have more faith at this present time st. Faustina I fervently begged the Lord to strengthen my faith so that in my drab everyday life I will not be guided by human dispositions but by those of the Spirit well how everything drags man towards the Earth but lively faith maintains the soul in the higher regions in a signs self-love to its proper place that is to say the lowest one sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world ix station Jesus Falls the third time we adore you O Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says my child know that the greatest obstacles to holiness are discouragement in an exaggerated anxiety these will deprive you of the ability to practice virtue I'm always ready to forgive you as often as you beg for it you glorify my mercy st. Faustina my Jesus despite your graces I see and feel all my misery I begin my day with battle and ended with battle as soon as I conquer one obstacle ten more appear to take its place but I am not worried because I know that this is the time of struggle not peace the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world the tenth station Jesus is stripped of his garments we adore you O Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world st. Faustina says Jesus was suddenly standing before me stripped of his clothes his body completely covered with wounds his eyes flooded with tears and blood his face disfigured and covered with spittle the Lord then said to me the bride must resemble her betrothed st. Faustina I understood these words to their very depth there is no room for doubt here my likeness to Jesus must be through suffering and humility sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole [Music] the eleventh station Jesus is nailed to the cross we adore you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says my people have great love for those who caused you suffering do good to those who hate you st. Faustina Oh My Jesus you know what efforts are needed to live sincerely and unaffectedly with those from whom our nature flees or with those who deliberately or not have made us suffer humanly speaking that is impossible such times more than it others I try to discover the Lord Jesus in such a person and for this same Jesus I do everything for such people sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole the 12th station Jesus dies the door you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says all of this is for the salvation of souls consider well what you are doing for their salvation st. Faustina and I saw the Lord nailed to the cross he had hung on it for a while I saw a multitude of souls crucified alike him then I saw the second multitude of souls and the third second multitude were not nailed to their crosses but were holding them firmly in their hands the third were neither nailed to their crosses nor holding them firmly in their hands but were dragging them behind them and were discontent Jesus says do you see these Souls those who are liking the pain and contempt they suffer will be like me awesome in glory and those who resemble me less in pain and contempt will also bear less resemblance to me in glory sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the 13th station Jesus is taken down from the cross door you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says most dear to me is the soul that strongly believes in my goodness and has complete trusted I heat my confidence upon it give it all it has st. Faustina I fly to your mercy compassionate God and we alone are good although my misery is great my offenses are many I trust in your mercy because you are the God of mercy from the time immemorial it has never been heard of nor do heaven and earth remember that a soul trusting in your mercy has been disappointed sake of his sorrowful passion mercy on us and on the whole world the fourteenth station Jesus is laid in the tomb door you oh Christ and we praise you those by your holy cross you have redeemed the world Jesus says you are not yet in your homeland so go fortified by my grace and fight for my kingdom in human souls fight as a king's child would and remember that the days of your exile quickly pass with them the possibility of earning merit for heaven I expect from you a great number of souls who would glorify my mercy for all eternity st. Faustina every soul you have entrusted to me Jesus I will try to aid with prayer sacrifice so that your grace can work in them o great lover of souls my Jesus I thank you for the immense confidence with which you have denied to place souls in our care sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole and in conclusion Eternal Father I offer you the body and blood soul and divinity dearly beloved son Lord Jesus Christ an atonement for our sins those of the whole world the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit [Music]

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Length: 17min 55sec (1075 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 03 2020